Samhain Poem / myLot

United Kingdom

October 31, 2021 5:14am CST

Oíche Shamhna Shona Daoibh Happy Halloween Samhain blessings I don't think I ever gave this poem a title. It was originally written in 2013 and, for some reason, has never made it to my poetry blog or website (links to which are in my profile on here). I feel the poem could be expanded (it's quite possible I did expand it and it'll pop up in a memory somewhere, I'm not sure). Here it is, an old poem about the pagan celebration of Samhain: Blessed be, on this Samhain When life meets death And hopes remain Ancestors will walk among To celebrate With old and young To see the old year out, and then To welcome one more New Year in. ..... Did you enjoy that? Should I give it a proper title?

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Manuela Lopes

@nela13 (59367)

• Portugal

31 Oct 21

It is a nice poem but I have no idea of what Samhain means.

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pumpkinjam

@pumpkinjam (8876)

• United Kingdom

1 Nov 21

Samhain is one of the major pagan festivals, denoting the new year on the Wheel of the Year where summer ends and winter begins. It is the celebration in which modern day Hallowe'en and harvest festivals have their origins. The poem kind of says what it's about but, being a poem, doesn't explain in detail! Samhain is really a time of thanks, celebrating harvests and thanking ancestors who helped prepare arable land.

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Manuela Lopes

@nela13 (59367)

• Portugal

1 Nov 21

@pumpkinjam thank you for explaining this, many of our traditions have a pagan origin.

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Go Crossbones

@crossbones27 (52907)

• Mojave, California

31 Oct 21

Samhain Means day or time, new word for me. Poem made me think. I enjoy thinking sometimes.

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pumpkinjam

@pumpkinjam (8876)

• United Kingdom

31 Oct 21

Don't strain yourself too much with the thinking

Translated literally from modern Irish, Samhain actually means 'November' but is also translated as 'summer's end'.

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Go Crossbones

@crossbones27 (52907)

• Mojave, California

31 Oct 21

@pumpkinjam Ah, that is right summer ends in November there. That sounds like October Rust. For when summer ends here. I hate when summer ends like the world gets more serious and to serious for me already.

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